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Here is a very scarce Fender Japan model. It is a 1968 reissue left handed Stratocaster in factory finished Olympic White (ST68-TX) with a real Hendrix vibe. These Fender Japan 68's don’t come up often, especially left handed, and were produced in much smaller numbers than the ST-57s & 62s etc. This one was built in Japan back in 2004-2005 (CIJ R-serial, Tokai Gakki) it has a resonant alder body, stripeless maple neck, the cool larger resonant ’68 headstock, 4 bolt neck plate, stamped steel saddles and 3 x killer sounding USA Texas Special single coil pickups and a 3-ply white MIJ pickguard. What's more it is in beautiful condition for a CIJ. The neck is dead straight, truss rod fine and plenty of life left in the frets. Weight is 3.7kg. No structural or electrical issues. Complete with original left-handed tremolo arm & softcase. There is some nice smooth wear around the top & bottom edge and a little well worn in paint chip on the bottom edges which you can see in the pics. It kind of adds to the overall mojo of this one. If you’re not interested in souless Mexican Fender reissues and are after something a bit special this is the one for you. A great chance to pick up a very rare Fender Japan beauty.

Buy with confidence, Gas Station Guitars is a limited UK company and we offer a no question 14-day refund policy on all our guitars. We ship worldwide (see below for list of countries). At Gas Station Guitars we carefully hand-select all our guitars, if they don’t blow us away on all fronts, we just don’t put them in our shop; if it’s for sale by Gas Station Guitars, you know it’s gonna be pretty special. All pictures you see above are of the actual guitar, and all guitars have been fully checked and are with us in hand, so it’s straight from us to you! Our packaging is very tough and designed to protect equally guitars with hardcases and softcases. This guitar is NOT FOR TRADE or part exchange and we cannot do holds or lay aways. We ship to the E.U, Europe, U.S, Canada and of course the UK. **Please note we can no longer ship to Australia.**

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Condition
Brand
Model
  • ST-68 Stratocaster Reissue MIJ
Finish
  • Olympic White
Categories
Year
  • 2004-2005
Made In
  • Japan
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Body Shape
  • S-Style
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Body Type
  • Solid Body
Model Family
Series
Neck Construction
  • Bolt-On
Number of Frets
  • 21

About the Seller

GAS STATION GUITARS

Somerset, United Kingdom
(835)
Joined Reverb:2016
Items Sold:1,499
Product Overview
The first era of Fender Japan began in 1982, when domestic market Japanese Fenders started rolling out of factories. While Fender Japan is popularly known for some of their more extravagant aesthetics, the bulk of domestic Japanese production was focused on reissues of historic American Fender models. These reissue models were labeled by a two letter/two number model code for the model and reissue year, followed by a suffix that indicated the price in Yen, and any unique specifications the model had. While a given model might come in a variety of price points during a given model year, from entry level to the near Custom Shop quality of Fender Japan's ExTrad series, all the models would broadly follow the aesthetic and technical specifications of the original American models. Reissue models would follow this naming convention until 2015, when Fender Japan revamped their product line to more closely mirror the organizational structure of the Mexican and American made Fender lines. Models on this page represent the 1982 - 2015 era of Fender Japan production, and typically feature the old style Fender Japan serial number at the base of the neck, as opposed to the contemporary "JD-" serial number format found on the back of the headstock. The original model codes (and frequently the value suffix) can usually be found in the neck pocket of the body, and at the base of the neck where the mounting holes are.
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